“Reporters & fathers call your generation “the worst.” Which really means “queer kids who could go online & learn that queer doesn’t have to mean disaster.” Or dead. Instead, queer means, splendiferously, you.” PoetryPoemGayBeing YourselfLgbtqQueerBeing Oneself Author:Chen Chen
“You are the ice cream sandwich connoisseur of your generation. Blessed are your floral shorteralls, your deeply pink fanny pack with travel-size lint roller just in case. Level of splendiferous in your outfit: 200.” PoetryFashionPoemClothesIce CreamGarmentsOutfitsIce Cream SandwichesFanny PacksShorteralls Author:Chen Chen
“But sometimes no one said anything & I saw him, the local paper boy on his route. His beanstalk frame & fragile bicycle. & I knew: we would be so terribly happy.” LovePoetrySummerLgbt Book:When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities Source: When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities
“I know: in a dream, the tea could stay forever the exact right drinking temperature & I never want that. I want the debauched joy of everyday bumbles & flops” JoyPoetryDreamsPoemPerfectionTeaImperfection Author:Chen Chen